[Lowfer] Lowfers Go Mainstream

[Les Rayburn]

Flipping through a Christmas catalog today from "Hammacher Schlemmer", I 
found a listing for the "Longwave Shortwave Radio". Any mention of 
longwave radio catches my eye, so I read the description:

"Unlike typical shortwave radios, this is the model that also receives 
longwave broadcasts. Operating at 100-519kHz, just below the AM band, 
longwave signals are used by those interested in low-frequency 
experimental radio (LowFER) communications as as ITU Region 1 
broadcasters in Europe".

I had a nice laugh. How wonderful to see mentions of the LowFER 
community in mainstream publications, after living through the 
pioneering days of the hobby in the early 1980s. For those of us who 
remember Vince Pinto, and things like the Low Frequency Scrapbook, it 
seems strange indeed.

Best of the holidays to all.


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73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
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